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Burlap sacks were often used by individuals to non-violently contain other individuals they wished to abduct. This fact was experienced across the Multiverse, with startling regularity, by the Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids.
History
Marksmanship-522 was captured in a burlap sack by Lilathia when he first arrived at her door, as Lilathia was working under the assumption that he was an assassin sent by Brutus. (PROSE: Marksmanship-522 and the Multi-Dimensional Race)
A little later, Marksmanship was again caught inside a burlap sack, this time in his own home, by his fellow Cupid Larrikin-1029, who believed him to be responsible for the theft of a mailbag. When questioned, Larrikin informed his boss Acquaintanceship-982 that he always carried such a sack with him. Later in the investigation, Larrikin used the sack to capture the actual culprit, Philatel-426. (PROSE: Acquaintanceship-982 and the Missing Mail Mystery)
Lila used a burlap sack to capture Pessimist-242 in Whetstone Park. Pessimist saw her sneaking up on him with the sack over her shoulder, but, as per his usual apathetic disposition, did not attempt to escape. (PROSE: Pessimist and the Dromedaries)
Shortly arriving in the mysterious hub dimension where he learned of the Rifts Crisis, Tracker-764 was captured in a burlap sack by the old man, who feared he was another monster who'd come through one of the Rifts. He soon let him out after realising he was a person, and a harmless one at that. (PROSE: The Mad Cupid of the Euclidean Plane)
Later, Tracker and Darius were placed in burlap sacks by the Queen of the Black Market's Wraiths to be transported from her underground throne room to the Auction Block of the Interdimensional Black Market. (PROSE: Misadventures in the Interdimensional Black Market)
After he damaged one of her toys, Madame Tarsa summoned a burlap sack into existence and placed Larrikin-1029 into it in preparation for throwing him and Pessimist into her Toybox. (PROSE: The Toymaker's Labyrinth)
When the Ozites distracted Blinkie to allow Acquaintanceship-982 to make his escape, Blinkie used the power of the Magic Belt to create a burlap sack and trap Toto inside it before turning him into a random object. (PROSE: The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids in Oz)
When Claus-025 unexpectedly manifested as Santa Claus, Pythagoras-858 was quick enough to stuff him into a sack before unscheduled Christmas antics ensued. (PROSE: The Time of the Toymaker)